litany
Tedious grievance recital
A litany is a lengthy, repetitive recitation—originally a form of prayer with a series of invocations and responses.
The word now usually describes any tedious enumeration: a litany of complaints, the usual litany of excuses.
The negative connotation suggests weariness with hearing the same grievances or items repeated.
Beaded prayer counter
- supplicationHumble plea for help
- intercessionActing on another's behalf
- petitionFormal written appeal
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
vespers · matins · benediction · invocation · thanksgiving · creed · confession · penitence
Abstain from acting
- chorusSingers performing together
- iterationRepeated procedural pass
- reiterationSaying something again
- redundancyNeedless duplication
recurrence · anaphora · echo · drone · chant · monotony · tedium · sameness
Alternating liturgical song
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- processionFormal moving line
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
communion · clergy · sanctuary · altar · cantor · psalms · hymns · vestments
Felt wrongs or injustices
- gripesVoiced minor dissatisfactions
- woesGriefs and hardships
- troublesDistressing difficulties
- hardshipsSevere difficulties or suffering
objections · criticisms · recriminations · laments · accusations · protestations · tirade · jeremiad
Sequential listing of items
- recountingNarrating events from memory
- catalogOrdered list of items
- listingRecorded item in catalog
- rundownQuick overview of facts
recital · chronicle · inventory · register · roll call · tally · accounting · itemization
rosary
Beaded prayer counter
- supplicationHumble plea for help
- intercessionActing on another's behalf
- petitionFormal written appeal
devotion · vespers · matins · benediction · invocation · thanksgiving · creed · confession · penitence · absolution
refrain
Abstain from acting
- chorusSingers performing together
- iterationRepeated procedural pass
- reiterationSaying something again
redundancy · recurrence · anaphora · echo · drone · chant · monotony · tedium · sameness · mantra
antiphon
Alternating liturgical song
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- processionFormal moving line
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
sacrament · communion · clergy · sanctuary · altar · cantor · psalms · hymns · vestments · ritual
grievances
Felt wrongs or injustices
hardships · objections · criticisms · recriminations · laments · accusations · protestations · tirade · jeremiad · diatribe
enumeration
Sequential listing of items
- recountingNarrating events from memory
- catalogOrdered list of items
- listingRecorded item in catalog
rundown · recital · chronicle · inventory · register · roll call · tally · accounting · itemization · detailing
- Liturgical MusicGregorian chant, plainchant, plainsong, hymn, psalm
- ritualsritual, rite, ceremony, sacrament, blessing
- worshippraying, congregational prayer, adoration, praise God, evening prayer
- sacred musichymns, hymn, anthem, anthems, gospel
- call and responsegospel, spirituals, antiphony, antiphon, congregation
- Catholic devotionsnovena, Stations of the Cross, Sacred Heart, Divine Office, adoration
litanynovelty
Quality of being original
variety · singularity · one-off · fresh take · improvisation
litanypaean
Laudatory song or ode
hymn of praise · encomium · eulogy · accolades · celebration